The Liberal Party Southampton

Former Lib Dem Candidate Defects

2008-09-19T02:21:00.000-07:00

LibDem candidate joins Liberals
Tim Perkins the former LibDem parliamentary candidate in Bolton has joined the Liberal Party. Originally from Wolverhampton his membership has been welcomed by Colin Hallmark, chairman of Wolverhampton Liberals, who will be introducing him at the Liberal Party Assembly being held in Wolverhampton.

Tim Perkins was also a Tory candidate at the 2004 european elections and brings with him a wealth of campaigning knowledge.

IS IT ALL OVER FOR UKIP SOTON?

2008-09-11T17:20:00.000-07:00

UKIP in Southampton had the perfect opportunity to offer residents of Southampton something different to the main 3 parties but have contiued to bang on about europe at local elections at a time when the residents of our city want to know what political parties and candidates will be doing for them locally.

At the recent local elections in May 2008 UKIP despite doing alot of groundwork in the Swaythling ward since the previous elections finished behind both the Green Party candidate and Southampton First and they need to be asking themselves why.

Residents in Southampton want to know what parties will be doing about the state of the roads, our public services and council taxes and The Liberal Party will shortly be displaying what plans it has for Southampton ready for the 2010 local elections.

We will not just arrive at elections time but will be here all year round.

Exeter Liberals hard at work

2008-09-10T16:30:00.000-07:00

It’s serious work being a councillor
Cllrs David Morrish and Chris Gale have been surveying the state of the pavements in Heavitree’s (Exeter) shopping centre.
A spate of pedestrian accidents have resulted in a number of older residents losing confidence to go out.
Chris Gale expressed his concern that the LibDems have cut the county maintenance budget for pavement repairs while at the same time increasing their own “responsibility allowances”.
“We have had good press coverage and will hopefully shame the county councillors into action on behalf of pedestrians and not themselves” added David Morrish.

Community support for candidate
Local election candidate Ann Hines (centre) and her supporters in West Derby, Liverpool.
Ann left the LibDems just before the May election and local Liberals came out to support her move.
Unfortunately she was not successful but polled a very respectable 731 votes (see our election results page) after a short campaign. A firm basis here for next year's elections.

Liberal Party gain at by-election

2008-07-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

The Liberal Party has gained a seat on Ryedale District Council in the Pickering East ward, below is the vote for each party.

The Liberal Party 577
Conservatives 313
Independant 185

Liberal Party majority 264

This leaves the make up of the council as follows

Conservative 12
Independent 7
Liberal Democrat 7
Liberal 2
Ryedale Residents’ 2

Another Cllr joins The Liberal Party

2008-06-24T14:40:00.000-07:00

Longstanding Independent councillor Philip Pennington, who represents Monkleigh and Littleham on Torridge District Council, in Devon,has joined the Liberal group which now has four members.
Local Liberals are also celebrating the election of Councillor Caroline Church as Mayor of Bideford. Councillor Church is also a member of Torridge Council.
More than 30 Liberals from many parts of Devon and Cornwall have met for a buffet lunch at Silverton’s Community Hall. The lunch was hosted by the Tiverton and Honiton Liberal Association. David Morrish, who is a member of Exeter City Council, welcomed the visitors. It was agreed that meetings between Liberals in the two counties should be a regular feature and arrangements will be made for another event before the end of the year.
Members will be returning to their local associations to draw up plans for the next general election.

Elections Update

2008-06-23T05:21:00.000-07:00

12 June 2008

Illogan Parish Council

The Liberal Party 186
Lib Dems 185

A close contest but a hold for The Liberal Party

The Liberal Party New Look Site

2008-06-23T05:19:00.000-07:00

Check out The Liberal Party new look website.

http://www.liberal.org.uk/

Another big mistake

2008-05-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

The Labour group on Southampton City Council have selected Richard Williams as their group leader following June Bridles ousting at the recent local elections.

Labour in Southampton are going from one mistake to the other, firstly they team up with the Lib Dems, then they both attempt to charge residents for parking outside their own homes, they then put all their resources into saving Cllr Bridles set which cost them dearly throughout the city and now they elect Richard Williams as their group leader.

Cllr Richard Williams only just kept his seat on May 1st 2008 and now has the poisoned chalice which is the Labour leadership.

The Liberal Party Southampton will soon be making it none to Labour Cllrs in Southampton that they do have a home in The Official Liberal Party and we will soon make our return onto our city council.

Join The Liberal Party

2008-05-08T09:03:00.000-07:00

Following the collapse of the Liberal Democrats and Labour Parties in the Southampton City Council elections we urge all remaining Lib Dem and Labour Cllrs to join The Liberal Party in order for them to save their seats on the council when they are due for re-election.

Only The Liberal Party can offer new fresh ideas and an opposition to the Conservative Party in Southampton.

Southampton Lib Dems collapse

2008-05-04T17:14:00.000-07:00

The time has never been better for The Liberal Party to re-launch and re-focus in Southampton following the collapse of The Lib Dems on Thursday night.
They lost their leader on the council Adrian Vinson along with long-serving Swaythling cllr Ann Milton.

Only a few years ago The Lib Dems were running Southampton city council and now they have 8 cllrs.

The Liberal Party had 3 cllr until 2003 and will be looking to take advantage of the current situation in Southampton and once again have a true liberal representation on the council.

Leading local UKIP member defects

2008-05-04T17:05:00.000-07:00

It is with great pleasure that The Liberal Party Southampton welcomes former UKIP Southampton Vice Chairman Ryan Newell.

Ryan is a known local campaigner and will be helping the party build its profile locally and fighting all local elections building up to the next locals for Southampton in 2010.

Good luck to all Liberal Party candidates

2008-04-30T14:20:00.000-07:00

The Liberal Party Southampton wishes all party candidates the best of luck in the local elections tomorrow.

EX UKIP CANDIDATE SET TO DEFECT

2008-04-25T17:44:00.000-07:00

We will shortly be in a position to annouce the defection from
The UK Independence Party a former local election candidate.

This will highlight the fact that The Liberal Party draws support from all parties and beliefs.

The Liberal Party Liverpool to hold the balance of power?

2008-04-24T15:34:00.000-07:00

Following recent defections to The Liberal Party in Liverpool are The Liberal Party set to hold the balance of power in the City of Liverpool after May 1st?

Only time will tell but both Labour and Lib Dems have approached The Liberal Party leader on Liverpool City council about a possible pact after May 1st.

Southampton Lib Dems defect to the Liberals

2008-04-24T15:31:00.000-07:00

Below is the press release following the defection of 3 Lib Dem cllr's to The Liberal Party in Southampton in 2002

Southampton Councillors Join Liberal Party
We as serving Liberal Democrat Councillors on Southampton City Council have now left the Liberal Democrats to join The Official Liberal Party.
We urge Liberals across Hampshire to consider the actual policies that the Lib Dem's are now committed to and how the continuing Liberal Party represents the best traditions of British Liberalism.
The Lib Dem's are Euro-fanatics who support a centralised Super State of Europe, they support the Euro currency despite the fact that Britain would loose any democratic control of our tax and expenditure policies.
In the case of Regional Government The Liberal Party opposes an Assembly for the whole of the South East with only 25-35 members, elected by the Party List system.
That would mean the whole of Hampshire would be lucky to have one representative.
Even worse the assembly would have no power over areas such as policing, education and skills, health nor other public utilities.
We need real devolution to real people not this sham proposals by Prescott which would lead to Counties like Hampshire being abolished.
We urge other real Liberals to rejoin The Liberal Party as we have done.
Cllrs George Melrose, Cllr Mike Gausden,Cllr Harry Mitchell
Southampton Official Liberal Party Group

Hello and welcome

2008-04-24T15:26:00.000-07:00

Hello and welcome to The Liberal Party Southampton new blogsite.

We are true Liberals and welcome on board anyone who shares our views and wants to represent true Liberal values.

We are re-launching our party in Southampton where there were 3 local Liberal Party cllr's until 2003 and aiming to secure seats on the Southampton city Council.

Please get in touch with us at liberalpartysoton@hotmail.co.uk for more information and together we can put true Liberal representatives back onto our city council.